John Locke Foundation CEO Amy Cooke, “The Right AOC,” explains how U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez gets energy and environmental policies wrong. Cooke offered these comments during an episode of JLF’s “HeadLocke” podcast. Contact Amy at [email protected]. Follow her at https://www.facebook.com/TheRightAOC and https://twitter.com/TheRightAOC.
A recent forum highlighted the burden each N.C. household would bear if Congress approves a left-of-center environmental program.
Duke Energy and Dominion Energy have decided to pull the plug on the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. The pipeline had faced multiple legal challenges and permitting delays. Donald van der Vaart, John Locke Foundation senior fellow, analyzes the reasons guiding the ACP owners’ decision. Van der Vaart also discusses the impact for N.C. electricity ratepayers. U.S....
Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation senior political analyst, discusses the decision to end the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. Kokai offered these comments during the July 10, 2020, edition of UNC-TV’s “Front Row with Marc Rotterman.”
Dr. Donald van der Vaart, John Locke Foundation senior fellow, discusses Duke Energy and Dominion Energy’s decision to abandon the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline. Van der Vaart offered these comments during an interview with Donna Martinez for Carolina Journal Radio.
Bloomberg Energy this month issued an attention-grabbing report on a serious waste problem with wind turbines: Retired turbine blades are clogging up landfills. This problem is only going to get worse, as Bloomberg reports, because right now the blades at the end of their lifespan are from wind power built more than a decade ago....
A judge has asked the parties in the long-running Leandro school funding lawsuit to develop a joint plan. It would implement consultant’s recommendations for major changes in the state’s public education system, including $8 billion of new spending in the next eight years. Terry Stoops, John Locke Foundation vice president for research and director of...
Each week, staff at Carolina Journal looks back at the week in N.C. politics and chooses several interesting, relevant stories you may have missed. Here’s a week in review: Amplify v. Istation hearings: Jonathan Shaw, an N.C. Department of Information Technology hearing officer, presided over the first round of hearings beginning Jan. 13 in the...
When President Trump speaks to the American Farm Bureau Federation’s annual convention Sunday, I’ll be listening for next steps in his plan to free North Carolina farmers from the devastating overreach of Obama administration rules that expanded the definition of private land that can be regulated under the federal Clean Water Act. Under President Obama’s...
The House Appropriations Committee has passed a more than $250-million hurricane relief bill that places a greater emphasis on resilience and disaster mitigation. The committee took up House Bill 1023, the Storm Recovery Act of 2019, on Wednesday, Oct. 30. H.B. 1023 provides money for communities affected by the storms and for disaster recovery efforts,...
A lawsuit contends the N.C. Department of Revenue is making tax law, a job that belongs instead to state legislators.
